ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fishly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fishly is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.

Meaning

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.

Example Sentences

It is a personality of a fishly sort.
At this the Fish did titter a fishly Titter, and Bit!
Twice the cork bobbed prophecies of a fishly investigation. Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.
[…] which fowles "would strike at our men as they were aloft: "some of them wee killed and eat: they seemed-" to us very good, only tasted somewhat fishly.

Synonyms for fishly

Depending on context, synonyms include fishlike, fishy, ichthyic, piscine, fishen, fishish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include piscatorial, piscatory, ichthyic, piscine, piscicultural, pelagic.

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